Cervical Cytopathological Findings in Korean Women with Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum Infections

Table 1

Comparison of the general clinical characteristics and cytopathological results from preconception screening of Korean women with and without Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum infections.

	Chlamydia trachomatis		P value	Mycoplasma hominis		P value	Ureaplasma urealyticum		P value
	(+)	(−)		(+)	(−)		(+)	(−)
No. of cases (%)	19 (3)	695 (97)		14 (11)	110 (89)		29 (23)	95 (77)
Mean age	27.7 ± 6.1	39.2 ± 5.9	<.001	39.6 ± 5.5	37.8 ± 6.6	0.566	38.1 ± 9.6	37.9 ± 7.1	0.937
Parity	0.9 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 1.2	0.081	1.2 ± 0.9	1.1 ± 1.0	0.986	1.0 ± 1.1	1.2 ± 1.0	0.321
Previous number of SA	0.2 ± 0.4	0.9 ± 1.4	<.001	1.0 ± 1.6	0.9 ± 1.2	0.687	1.0 ± 1.4	0.9 ± 1.3	0.883
Presence of symptoms	5 (26)	206 (30)	0.754	6 (43)	26 (21)	0.117	8 (28)	24 (25)	0.802
Pap smear			<.001			0.399			0.054
Negative	5 (26)	478 (69)		10 (71)	62 (56)		13 (45)	59 (62)
RCC	12 (63)	175 (25)	<.001	2 (14)	35 (32)	0.149	9 (31)	28 (29)	0.298
Abnormal	2 (11)	42 (6)		2 (14)	13 (12)		7 (24)	8 (8)
ASCUS	1	15		—	5		2	3
LSIL	1	20		2	7		5	4
HSIL	—	7		—	1		—	1

Values are represented as number (%) and mean ± SD. (+): PCR positive; (−): PCR negative; SA: spontaneous abortion; RCC: reactive cellular change; ASCUS: atypical squamous cell-undetermined significance; LSIL: low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; HSIL: high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. P values are for comparisons between cases with positive and negative microbiological test results.